I live in this world
of joy, and sorrow
of comfort and ease,
and of struggle, and pain
of friendship, and community
and of loneliness and isolation
I live in this world of riches and poverty
of abundance and of hunger
I live in this world where there is health
and there is illness
Where some people can only try to care for themselves,
while others are at the point where, more and more, they have thinking about
and caring for others as the aim and activities of their life
Bless them all
Bless them all
O, Bless them all
There are people serving others in this world -
there are people taking joy in that
and again and again I celebrate all those good actions
May they blessed
I live in this world
where many are in need of a protector,
where many are in need of an advocate
I live in this world
where many people do not have even a basic education…
Today, in this world, there are many who are kept back from doing good
things because of some illness of body or mind
Today there are many who are broken-hearted
Today there are many who have been hurt in relationships
May there be an abundance of heart medicine,
an abundance of earth and sky medicine today
for all of those who need it
as much as is ever necessary
Today, there are many who have had their families broken
Today, there are many who are grieving
Today there are many who have experienced an unexpected death
in the family
May they all be comforted
Every day in this world
there are people who are facing illness, and who are experiencing pain:
children, teenagers, adults, the middle-aged, the elderly;
those who are alone, and those with problems of the mind
I live in this world where there are people who are disturbed to some extent,
or who suffer from depression
This is the truth
I live in this world where some people don't love themselves,
they don't cherish their lives,
where people even hate themselves,
and where they despair,
even to the point of wanting to take their own lives…
I live in this world where there are so many people who are in need
of some form of human contact,
I live in this world where there are so many people who are experiencing
the absence of love
and we can do something truly beautiful, truly substantial,
truly meaningful for each other,
every single one of us
May it be this way for me now –
may I offer something truly meaningful
I live in this world where many sensitive people are overwhelmed
and use drugs, or drink, or food, or sex, to self-medicate, to escape
leading to even more dullness and obscuration,
and to more, and even worse problems
May they all be completely healed
I live in this world where many are without peace,
without control, without any freedom of mind
The root of all these sufferings, we should all know,
is the untrained mind,
self-grasping ignorance
I live in this world
and the afflictive emotions
And what we all need to experience
is the fruit of a practice that leads to the disbanding of stress
and to genuine happiness,
and enlightenment as to our own true nature
the single liberating essence of Great Compassion
Ah…
Right now, there are people being trapped by their addictions,
overwhelmed by their delusions, lost
I live in this world where some people are in danger of falling,
where some are in danger of slipping - and the result can be severe for them…
There are many people right now
who are in need of forgiveness, absolution,
inclusion,
their being welcomed back into the community;
who are in need of purification,
who are in need of the nectar of ethics in their lives,
the medicine of ethics,
the food of ethics,
their vows restored,
the attainment of coolness,
strength, self control
light, and peace,
I live in this world
wisdom, purity,
transformation, and release
I live in this world where we have all done wrong,
some worse than others
Some are in prisons of their own making,
Some have done terrible things
out of ignorance, affliction,
or fear, desperation, despair;
out of weakness and limitation -
not seeing any other way
not being able to reach any other way
I live in this world where some people suffer because of
their own past actions, and regret, and shame
They identify with their delusions and wrong actions,
and believe themselves to be wrong, lacking, innately sinful,
when nothing could be further from the truth –
They are all innately whole, perfect, and pure
I live in this world where many people feel unworthy of love
I live in this world where there are many people who are obscured,
lonely,
or numb,
self-absorbed,
superficial,
greedy,
distracted,
afraid, or sad,
where there are those who are feeling ugly,
I live in this world
or feeling hopeless
or who are caught in self-pity
They are all capable of awakening to perfection, but they don't yet know it
I live in this world where selves arise again and again that feel fragmented,
and isolated – even though this is not true, not even for a moment
I live in this world where many people are experiencing stress
and need comfort, love, light,
and the peaceful joy that is nourishing
May people receive such peace
everywhere it is needed
East, West, North, South,
May it be so
and may I be the cause of that
This is the truth
and it's better that I realize it -
I live in this world where most people
are without any sense at all of the sacred dimension in life
I live in this world where the deluded the band together
and increase ignorance and suffering
I live in this world where, even though there are those with the motivation to
learn many people are misled by false teachers,
themselves ignorant
In these times, especially, it seems,
wrong views are supported, in hundreds of ways,
and wisdom is not;
greed is encouraged, and non-attachment and generosity is not;
aggression is supported, and peace,
sanity, respect, kindness, and being helpful
is not supported nearly enough
I live in this world where there are many people's
experience is only that of a lower-realm being-
(the realm of hell beings, the realm of hungry ghosts, and the realm of animals)
I live in this world where there are people
who don't experience even a moment of peace;
where there are those who feel they don't have any space, light
or joy in their lives at all,
tormented, they feel they don't have any happiness, not even a little bit
For as long as this is true
I say, for as long as this is true
may I respond to it
in a way that eases their sufferings
and may they all have every happiness
may they have every happiness
oceans of happiness
skies of happiness
Every day in this world there are people with no perspective on their life,
coarse, dissatisfied, lacking in gratitude, indulgent
I live in this world where people don't think about death
or haven't integrated that truth, of impermanence
Every day, all around, there are people wasting precious time,
not seeing what they have,
not taking advantage
of the great opportunities they have
for all of our sake
while they still can
I live in this world where the vast majority of people are completely without
any Dharma
the experience of freedom,
light, and wisdom –
that can alleviate and can bring about
the complete cessation of suffering
true medicine for the ills of the world
East, West, North and South,
in the ten directions,
May people receive the Dharma,
And, without grasping or clinging to anything at all,
may I be the cause of that
I live in this world
I live in this world where few people have received instructions in
meditation, and, of these few, most are still unclear about the essential points
that:
whatever meditation we do
we should aim our minds
in the direction of clarity
and the calm continuity of mindfulness,
and continually generate positive energies
I live in this world, where, though we may do some good,
though we may improve our lives,
those who have listened to essential teachings, and understood,
many times don't practice
and, of those who do practice, often they are not able
to overcome the obstacles to meditation,
and practice in a way that they progress…
I live in this world where even those people who have received, and
practiced, and accomplished a great deal of Dharma still suffer
they still fall into experiences that are like the lower realms
and I live in this world where some of the people who have become stable in
realization don't share the Dharma as much as they could
I live in this world where though we can help ourselves and others
much too often we don't
where though can remove our own and others suffering,
to some extent at least
and produce happiness, to some extent at least
far too often we don't
I live in this world
where people don't live in the present
Where people don't know their own worth, or the worth of others,
where people don't know their own potential…
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